NBC BEE VIDEO

[newbee 101]

If you missed the NBC special on bees, the video is here....
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7656383/

[SilverFox]

Too short a story, IMHO, too bad it couldn't have gone into a little more detail about what beekeepers are trying.
Other than that, it may give non-beekeepers a little more respect for the beekeepers??

[chemistbert]

It's also a shame that there are ways to control the varroa that they can't report on because of the FDA. Oxalic Acid in particular. Well NBC has never impressed me before anf they didn't this time either.

[David Stewart]

I'm currently out of town (work) living from a suitcase (in on the weekends) and made the mistake of having the wife watch that one. Thought it might relieve some of her lingering concerns about "the hive of killer bees on the hill". Bad mistake- now I'm spending all my time trying to explain that our one little hive is not going to result in as many flying bees as the commercial bee yard on the program..... Oh well, seemed like a good idea at the time.

David

[Jim Fischer]

> our one little hive is not going to result in as
> many flying bees as the commercial bee yard on the
> program

You need to find another small-scale beekeeper,
and go visit on a day when he/she will not be
working the hives. On a normal day, bees certainly
will exit/enter the hives, but even 50 feet away,
you have to wait a while before you see a bee
flying anywhere near you. That said, it is very
difficult to get stung by a forager unless you
step on the bee with bare feet.

So, if you stay away from the hives themselves,
the only bees you will see will be foragers,
who have no interest in humans, and will fly
away if even your shadow falls upon them.